Outside the Beltway

The West Virginia Senator has taken the football from Charlie Brown and gone home.

Is the stalwart of Senate bipartisanship interested in governing?

He is heading to CNN+

A media critic argues we pay outsized attention to the goings-on at Fox, MSNBC, and CNN.

Oral arguments on the biggest abortion case in decades will be heard today.

Gotta clear them all.

Trump’s last Secretary of Defense is being stymied by preclearance review.

A pattern is emerging.

Politicians gonna politician, but still…

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.

Journalism is terrible except when compared to the alternatives.

A weird new narrative has emerged.

Reading disparate polling numbers critically.

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.

Three days late, $1.2 billion long.

44% of Republicans strongly disapprove of President Biden’s performance while only 22% of Democrats strongly approve.

The President seems to have persuaded the progressives in his party to settle for half a loaf.

Doing nothing is still a choice, and the legitimacy crisis is here, like it or not.

Apparently, it’s higher than 67.

More are getting their third shot than their first.

The internecine fight over the budget is coming to a head.

Really, they owed (and still owe) us better behavior.

The Catch-22 of passing a massive spending bill in an undemocratic system.

More machinations from the mischievous mining mouthpiece.

While well-intentioned, the Chairman’s actions were illegal and dangerous.

This time in the CA recall.

Humanitarian instincts rightly trumped security concerns.

Stories from the ongoing pandemic.

The evacuation could soon become a terrorist target.

Part of the ongoing, slow-motion tragedy.

Making it difficult for refuseniks works better than prizes.

It appears to be only a matter of time before the SECDEF orders active-duty troops to get the shots.

The President is in open defiance of the Supreme Court.

Compared to what?

The country’s largest employer is soon going to be less tolerant of the unvaccinated.

An emotional day set the tone for the investigation.

Emotional testimony from police will kick off the event.

Another GOP member is added to the investigation.

A chance for a real investigation? Ruined legitimacy?

Gotta clear those tabs.

Tab clearing time.

Put the frustration where it belongs.

COVID vaccine hesitancy is just the tip of the iceberg.

Magical? Impressive? Or just too much money?

Short-term politics and long-term harm.

He was both the youngest and oldest man to run the Pentagon.

The serial sex offender will be released from prison.

When the teaser is better than the news.